Groundworkers in East Ayrshire

Official occupation group: GroundworkersSOC 9121 · Updated through Q2 2026 · East Ayrshire

Official definition

Groundworkers prepare construction sites for building work by digging out and levelling the ground and laying concrete foundations, installing pipes and drainage and building paths, roads and driveways.

e.g. Groundworker · Pipe tester · Drain tester · Ground worker · Trench digger

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Groundworkers market data for East Ayrshire.

ONS recorded 0 new online adverts for groundworkers in East Ayrshire in Q2 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Typical advertised pay in East Ayrshire for the broader elementary trades and related occupations is £28,100.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · East Ayrshire0Q2 2026 · YoY comparison unavailable
Advertised salary · East Ayrshire£28,100ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Groundworkers hiring demand

New online job adverts for groundworkers in East Ayrshire

Comparable observations are not available for this range.

0

Apr 2026 · East Ayrshire

change over period · from Apr 2025
ONS · East AyrshireSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for elementary trades and related occupations in East Ayrshire

Advertised pay is 5.4% lower than a year earlier, before inflation.

£28,100

Jan 2025 · East Ayrshire

-5.4%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · East Ayrshire · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 1.0 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years68.8%
21 years0.0%
32 years12.5%
43 years6.3%
54+ years12.5%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

East Ayrshire compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

#AreaNew advertsView
1East Ayrshire0
2United Kingdom66

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Elementary trades and related occupations

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Wyre£35,400
2East Renfrewshire£34,800
3South Ayrshire£34,500
4Isle of Anglesey£33,500
5Great Yarmouth£33,300
6Adur£33,300
7North Ayrshire£33,300
8Havant£33,200
9Clackmannanshire£33,200
10Oxford£32,900

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 912) across the UK

#View
1Elementary construction occupations n.e.c.

Construction worker · Chain boy · Marsh man — 99.2% of group adverts

3,477-14.6%
2GroundworkersYou’re viewing this

Groundworker · Pipe tester · Drain tester — 0.8% of group adverts

29+38.1%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

About the data

Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.

Methodology and metric definitions

New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.